Polity Acarnanian League (Roman Client)

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The Acarnanian League continued to exist for a period under Roman rule, after the Roman expansion in Greece.

Establishment

  • January 196 BC: In the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BC) the Acarnanians were forced to capitulate to the Roman Republic.

Chronology

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1. Roman-Seleucid War

Was a military conflict between two coalitions led by the Roman Republic and the Seleucid Empire. The fighting ended with a clear Roman victory. In the Treaty of Apamea, the Seleucids were forced to give up Asia Minor, which fell to Roman allies.

  • January 191 BC: Seleucid Invasion of Greece up to the Thermopylae.

1.1. Treaty of Apamea

Was a peace treaty conducted in 188 BC between the Roman Republic and Antiochus III, ruler of the Seleucid Empire. It ended the Roman-Seleucid War.

  • January 187 BC: The Romans sent an army to Greece which defeated Antiochus' army at Thermopylae. This defeat proved crushing, and the Seleucids were forced to retreat from Greece.
  • January 187 BC: Oiniadai was returned to Acarnania after the Roman-Seleucid War.

2. Macedonian Wars

Were a seris of conflicts between the Roman Republic and Antigonid Macedonia over control of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean Basin. .

2.1. Third Macedonian War

Was a war fought by Rome against Antigonid Macedonia. The war was won by Rome, and Macedonia was divided in four client states of Rome.

  • January 167 BC: Despite their steadfast loyalty to Rome, the League lost Leucas after the Third Macedonian War (171-168 BC), as it became an autonomous state.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • September 31 BC: It was only after the Battle of Actium in 31 BC that the Acarnanian League (Roman Client) was incorporated into the Roman province of Achaea.

Disestablishment

  • September 31 BC: It was only after the Battle of Actium in 31 BC that the Acarnanian League (Roman Client) was incorporated into the Roman province of Achaea.